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ACT Inc.--Information for Life's Transitions--Educational/Career Planning and Workforce Development "ACT Inc. is an independent, nonprofit organization that provides educational services to students and their parents, to high schools and colleges, to professional associations and government agencies, and to business and industry. "
American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers "The mission of the Association is to provide leadership in policy initiation, interpretation, and implementation in the global educational community. This is accomplished through the identification and promotion of standards and best practices in enrollment management, information technology, instructional management, and student services."
American Association for Higher Education is "an individual membership organization that promotes the changes higher education must make to ensure its effectiveness in a complex, interconnected world".
The TLT Group "The TLT Group, a nonprofit corporation, is the Teaching, Learning, and Technology Affiliate of AAHE. Its mission is to provide materials and services that motivate and enable institutions to improve teaching and learning with technology, while helping them cope with continual change. ....The TLT Group sponsors several initiatives that focus on the use of information resources and technologies to advance instruction and scholarship."
Web Center "This site offers you connections to other people doing the scholarship of teaching and learning and to helpful resources for your own work. Because the Campus Program involves faculty members at over 185 colleges and universities, your network of colleagues grows quickly as you use and contribute to the resources on the WebCenter. Please come to the site often to learn from others and to share your emerging knowledge."
AAHE Assessment Forum "The AAHE Assessment Forum is the primary national network connecting and supporting higher education stakeholders involved in assessment. It promotes thoughtful, effective approaches to assessment that involve faculty, benefit students, and improve the quality of teaching and learning. It helps campuses, programs, and individuals to plan, implement, and share the results of their assessment efforts by publishing, networking, and sponsoring an annual national conference."
- Change
- Three Decades of Lessons On Teaching and Learning (September, 2000)
American Center for the Study of Distance Education (ACSDE)
ACSDE Research Monograph No. 16 —NOW AVAILABLE—
"Presence at a Distance: The Educator-Learner Relationship in Distance Education "
"Authored by Jane Southwell Munro, this monograph focuses on the issue of interaction in distance education, particularly, the educator-learner relationship. Through an extensive review and analysis of the distance education research and theory on the subject, Munro develops a new model of the educator-learner relationship. This model attempts to address one of the greatest challenges of distance teaching: to create an environment in which virtual presence outweighs the reality of distance."
American Conference of Academic Deans "The fact that ACAD has chosen to remain a "conference" of deans, rather than an association, reflects a continuing dedication to its founding purpose: to create both formal and informal opportunities for deans to meet, network, and offer professional support to their colleagues in their work as academic leaders. Technology has greatly increased ACAD's effectiveness as a "conference" as members use the "deans only" electronic discussion list to solve problems, exchange views, and solicit advice from colleagues. Our new Web site should further enhance this capacity by providing membership and meeting information, a directory of members, a news and events column, and position announcements."
American Council on Education "The American Council on Education (ACE), founded in 1918, is the nation's coordinating higher education association. ACE is dedicated to the belief that equal educational opportunity and a strong higher education system are essential cornerstones of a democratic society. Its approximately 1,800 members include accredited, degree-granting colleges and universities from all sectors of higher education and other education and education-related organizations. ACE is a forum for the discussion of major issues related to higher education and its potential to contribute to the quality of American life. ACE maintains both a domestic and an international agenda and seeks to advance the interests and goals of higher and adult education in a changing environment by providing leadership and advocacy on important issues, representing the views of the higher and adult education community to policy makers, and offering services to its members. "
Regulation or Self-Regulation: Federal Policy and Quality Assurance in Higher Education (7/26/99)
Developing a Distance Education Policy for 21st Century Learning (March 2000)
Distributed Education and Its Challenges: An Overview (481KB; pdf) ( 2001)
American Educational Research Association "The American Educational Research Association is concerned with improving the educational process by encouraging scholarly inquiry related to education and by promoting the dissemination and practical application of research results."
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Association of American Colleges and Universities is " the national association committed to making the aims of liberal learning a vigorous and constant influence on institutional purpose and educational practice in higher education."
Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges "The Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges (AGB) is the only national organization providing university and college presidents, board chairs and individual trustees of both public and private institutions with the resources they need to enhance their effectiveness."
Campus Compact "Campus Compact is a national coalition of more than 740 college and university presidents committed to the civic purposes of higher education. To support this civic mission, Campus Compact promotes community service that develops students' citizenship skills and values, encourages partnerships between campuses and communities, and assists faculty who seek to integrate public and community engagement into their teaching and research."
Campus Conflict Resolution Resources
The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching "The mission of the Foundation as expressed in the founding charter is ". . . to do and perform all things necessary to encourage, uphold and dignify the profession of teaching. . . " Our founders created an institution dedicated, not only to the advancement of teaching in general, but to the "profession of teaching" in particular"
Center for Educational Development and Assessment "The Center for Educational Development and Assessment (CEDA) is a private consulting corporation founded for the purpose of translating research in the field of evaluation and assessment into operational practices and programs. CEDA has been offering consulting services and professional enrichment seminars and workshops for college and university faculty and administrators since 1988. These workshops and seminars focus on the topics of designing, developing and operating faculty evaluation systems and instructional development programs, as well as assessing and developing academic leadership skills."
The Center for Quality Assurance in International Education "The Center for Quality Assurance in International Education, located at the National Center for Higher Education in Washington, DC, is a collaborative activity of the higher education and quality and competency assurance communities both within the United States and between the United States and other country associations concerned with issues of quality and fairness in international academic and professional mobility, credentialing and recognition. THE CENTER facilitates the comparative study of national quality and competency assurance mechanisms to omprove efforts within countries and promote mobility among national systems."
Center for Research on Education in Science, Mathematics, Engineering and Technology " CRESMET, an alliance of Arizona State University's colleges of Education, Engineering and Applied Sciences, and Liberal Arts and Sciences, unites people and organizations to improve science, mathematics, engineering and technology education at all levels (K-20)."
The Chronicle of Higher Education Published weekly, The Chronicle is a major news source for college and university faculty members and administrators. (Subscription required for access to most links.)
The Chronicle of Higher Education: Community Colleges (Subscription required for access to most links.)
The Chronicle: Distance Education (There appear to be more links in this section that do not require a subscription for access.)
The Collaboration for the Advancement of College Teaching & Learning
"The Collaboration for the Advancement of College Teaching & Learning is an alliance of public, private and tribal colleges that supports and promotes outstanding college teaching. Among the programs and services The Collaboration offers are twice-yearly conferences, traveling workshops, Department chairs workshops, faculty development program evaluations, and various publications.
Our service region comprises Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. In addition, Affiliate Membership is available to selected tribal and historically Black schools outside the service region."
College and University Professional Association for Human Resources "Founded more than 50 years ago, CUPA-HR serves more than 6,500 human resource (HR) administrators at nearly 1,700 colleges and universities as well as others interested in the advancement of human resources in higher education, including students and HR service providers."
Consortium of College Testing Centers "The Consortium of College Testing Centers (CCTC) is a group of college and university testing centers throughout the United States that has come together to support distance learning. The purpose of the CCTC is to make test administration services available to students at locations away from their own campuses."
Continuous Quality Improvement Network
The Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL) "is a national leader in the fields of adult learning and workforce development. Since its founding in 1974, under the auspices of the Educational Testing Service (ETS) in Princeton, New Jersey, CAEL has been providing individuals and organizations with the tools and strategies they need for creating practical, effective lifelong learning solutions for their education and training needs."
Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) "The Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) is the new voice of the nation's colleges and universities on all matters regarding accreditation -- a uniquely American approach to assuring quality and public accountability in institutions and programs through voluntary, non-governmental self-regulation."
The Council of Higher Education Management Associations (CHEMA) " ..is an informal voluntary assembly of thirty management-oriented higher education associations in the United States and Canada. By sharing information, comparing experiences, and working collectively on projects of shared interest, CHEMA members maximize their resources and create substantial benefits for the colleges and universities they represent."
The Distance and Education Training Council Online "The independent seven member Accrediting Commission of the DETC was established in 1955; shortly thereafter it gained the approval of the U.S. Department of Education as the "nationally recognized accrediting agency" under the terms of Public Law. The Accrediting Commission is also recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA). The procedures and standards have been continuously refined and improved over the past three decades."
EDUCATION POLICY ANALYSIS ARCHIVES This peer reviewed journal site contains over 350,000 articles that "... deal with education policy in any of its many aspects, and may focus at any level of the education system in any nation."
Higher Education Research Institute "The Higher Education Research Institute is based in the Graduate School of Education & Information Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. The Institute serves as an interdisciplinary center for research, evaluation, information, policy studies, and research training in postsecondary education. HERI's research program covers a variety of topics including the outcomes of postsecondary education, leadership development, faculty performance, federal and state policy, and educational equity. Visiting scholars, faculty, and graduate students have made use of HERI facilities and research resources since its affiliation with UCLA in 1973. The Institute's holdings include more than a hundred datasets that are regularly maintained for analysis of postsecondary education."
"The goals of the journal of Innovative Higher Education are to:
An Overview of the 1998-99 Faculty Norms "Complete results of the 1998–99 faculty survey, reported separately for all faculty, male faculty, and female faculty are provided later in this report. In this section we have abstracted highlights of these results for discussion and interpretation. For purposes of comparison, this section includes selected normative results from earlier HERI faculty surveys (see Astin, Korn, & Dey, 1991; Sax, Astin, Arredondo, and Korn, 1996). Results are presented on the following topics: background characteristics, information technology, tenure attitudes, faculty diversity, academic climate, community service and social activism, and gender equity."
"Faculty at the nation’s colleges and universities report a love/hate relationship with computers and technology, a new UCLA study shows. A full 87 percent of faculty members surveyed agree that "student use of computers enhances their learning." At the same time, two-thirds of the surveyed faculty (67 percent) say that "keeping up with information technology" is a source of stress.
Technology is the fourth most cited source of stress among female professors and the fifth most cited among male professors, surpassing traditional stress producers such as research and publishing demands, teaching loads and the review and promotion process. According to the survey, only time pressures, household responsibilities and institutional "red tape" top technology-related stress."
- present descriptions and evaluations of innovations and provocative new ideas with relevance for action beyond the immediate context in higher education;
- focus on the effect of such innovations on teaching and students;
- be open to diverse forms of scholarship and research methods by maintaining flexibility in the selection of topics deemed appropriate for the journal; and
- strike a balance between practice and theory by presenting manuscripts in a readable and scholarly manner to both faculty and administrators in the academic community."
The Institute for Higher Education Policy " .. is a non-profit, non-partisan organization whose mission is to foster access to and quality in postsecondary education. THE INSTITUTE's activities are designed to promote innovative solutions to the important and complex issues facing higher education."
- "What's the Difference?" (PDF format) "What’s the Difference? A Review of Contemporary Research on the Effectiveness of Distance Learning in Higher Education, April, 1999"
"What’s the difference between distance learning and traditional classroom-based instruction? This question has become increasingly prominent as technology has made distance learning much more common. This report reviews a broad array of research and articles published in the last decade to determine the overall quality of the analysis, the gaps in the research, and the implications of the research for the future."
- "Quality on the Line" (PDF format) "Quality On the Line: Benchmarks for Success in Internet-Based Distance Education (March, 2000)
"With the rapid growth worldwide of teaching and learning on the Internet, more and more attention is being paid to the nature and quality of online higher education. This report, commissioned by the National Education Association, the nation's largest professional association of higher education faculty, and Blackboard Inc., a leading Internet education company, examines case studies of six colleges and universities that provide Internet-based degree programs. The case studies were designed to ascertain the degree to which various measures of quality identified in previous studies are actually being incorporated into the policies, procedures, and practices of institutions that are distance education leaders. The final outcome is a list of 24 benchmarks that are essential to ensure quality in Internet-based distance education. These benchmarks may assist policymakers, faculty, students, and others in making reasonable and informed judgments with regard to the quality of Internet-based distance education"
The Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education "The ILT was established as a result of recommendations by the Dearing Report into Higher Education. Following the publication of the Dearing Report an ILT Planning Group was established and a wide-ranging consultation undertaken. Implementing the Vision was published as an initial scoping document. It outlines the proposed staffing and activity strategy of the organisation, together with the principal aims and objectives of the ILT. These are stated as:
- enhance the status of teaching in higher education;
- maintain and improve the quality of learning and teaching in higher education;
- set standards of good professional practice that its members, and in due course all those with learning and teaching responsibilities, might follow."
INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE OF TEACHER SCHOLARS
International Association for Continuing Education & Training "The International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET), formerly the Council on the Continuing Education Unit, is a non-profit association of education and training organizations and individuals devoted to the constructive and consistent use of the continuing education unit and to the improvement of the quality and effectiveness of continuing education, training and human resource development."
International Society for Exploring Teaching Alternatives (ISETA) "The International Society for Exploring Teaching Alternatives remains a small and intimate gathering of professionals dedicated to the practice and scholarship of teaching in higher education. The rich representation of disciplines from traditional liberal arts and sciences, engineering and the applied sciences, and a diverse set of professional schools gives us all new insights to achieving common goals of improving teaching and learning."
Learning and Teaching Support Network "The UK higher education funding bodies have established a new Learning and Teaching Support Network (LTSN) to promote high quality learning and teaching in all subject disciplines in higher education (HE). The network will support the sharing of innovation and good practices in learning and teaching including the use, where appropriate, of communications and information technology (C&IT)."
Lumina Foundation for Education "The Lumina Foundation for Education is a private, independent foundation dedicated to expanding access to education beyond high school as a means of helping people achieve their potential. Through research, innovative programs and communications initiatives, the Lumina Foundation addresses issues surrounding financial access, educational attainment and opportunities for nontraditional learners."
Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools - Commission on Higher Educations "The Commission on Higher Education is the unit of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools that accredits degree-granting colleges and universities in the Middle States region. It examines the institution as a whole, rather than specific programs within the institution."
The National Academy for Academic Leadership "The National Academy for Academic Leadership educates academic decision makers to be leaders for sustained, integrated institutional change that significantly improves student learning. Its curriculum is based on research and best practices. Its programs are designed both for institutional teams working on campus projects and for individuals--presidents, board members, vice presidents, deans, chairs and key faculty members--with role-specific responsibilities and concerns. The National Academy recognizes the considerable variation among institutions in their readiness for change and their resources for leadership development, and so programs are geared to the unique institutional contexts and specific needs of participants."
National Association for Developmental Education "NADE seeks to improve the theory and practice of developmental education in postsecondary education, the professional capabilities of developmental educators, and the design of programs to prepare developmental educators. The organization is a nonprofit, nonpartisan education association composed of nearly 3,000 from across the U.S. and a growing number of educators from around the world."
National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges (ASULGC) "The association's overriding mission is to support high-quality public higher education and its member institutions as they perform their traditional teaching, research and public service roles. NASULGC provides a forum for the discussion and development of policies affecting higher education and the public interest."
The Kellog Foundation ..."already supporting several major institutional-change initiatives, responded to this request promptly and generously. It agreed to support a multi-year national commission to rethink the role of public higher education in the United States and to lend its name to the effort The first meeting of the Kellogg Commission on the Future of State and Land-Grant Universities was held in January 1996. Since that meeting, the Commission has issued three reports in the form of open letters: Returning to Our Roots: the Student Experience; Returning to
Our Roots: Student Access; and Returning to Our Roots: the Engaged Institution.This latest open letter, Returning to Our Roots: A Learning Society, addresses the role of the public university in a society that increasingly recognizes the need for perpetual learning throughout life. It addresses the broader issues of a Learning Society, including the importance of research to the creation of knowledge beneficial to society, universities’ role in the creation and dissemination of that knowledge, and the importance of continuous education to society."
This report is available in pdf format at http://www.nasulgc.org/Kellogg/learn.pdf (September, 1999)
National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS) "Through its more than thirty years of service to higher education, NCHEMS has been committed to bridging the gap between research and practice by placing the latest managerial concepts and tools in the hands of working administrators on college and university campuses."
The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education "The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education was established in 1998 to promote opportunity, affordability and quality in American higher education. As an independent, nonprofit, nonpartisan organization, the National Center provides action-oriented analyses of state and federal policies affecting education beyond high school. The National Center receives financial support from national philanthropic organizations; it is not affiliated with any institution of higher education or with any government agency."
National Council for Staff, Program & Organizational Development "... To increase institutional vitality by providing professional growth opportunities for members, enabling them to establish, enhance, and/or revitalize staff, program, and organizational development in their organizations."
The National Institute for Literacy "The National Institute for Literacy (NIFL) is an independent federal organization leading the national effort toward a fully literate nation in the 21st century."
National Institute for Science Education -College Level 1 "The NISE College Level One Team, based at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is a nationwide community of post-secondary science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (SMET) faculty, education researchers, faculty developers, and students."
National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development ( NISOD) "... is a non-profit, tax-exempt consortium of colleges and universities who share a philosophical commitment to support excellence in teaching and learning."
National Institute on Postsecondary Education, Libraries, and Lifelong Learning "The National Institute on Postsecondary Education, Libraries, and Lifelong Learning (PLLI), under the leadership of its director, Carole Lacampagne, seeks to expand knowledge about the education and training of adults in a variety of settings, including postsecondary institutions, community-based education programs, libraries, and the workplace."
National Network for Education Renewal (NNER) "The National Network for Educational Renewal consists of 16 settings in fourteen states. Some settings involve one institution of higher education in partnership with local P-12 schools. Other settings involve two or more institutions of higher education in partnership with P-12 schools. NNER work proceeds under the aegis of a governing board made up of representatives from each of the participating settings."
National Skill Standards Board "The NSSB is an unprecedented coalition of leaders from business, labor, employee, education, and community and civil rights organizations created in 1994 to build a voluntary national system of skill standards, assessment and certification systems to enhance the ability of the United States workforce to compete effectively in a global economy. These skills are being identified by industry in full partnership with labor, civil rights and community-based organizations. The standards will be based on high performance work and will be portable across industry sectors."
National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) "The National Study of Student Engagement (NSSE) is designed to obtain, on an annual basis, information from scores of colleges and universities nationwide about student participation in programs and activities that institutions provide for their learning and personal development. The results will provide an estimate of how undergraduates spend their time and what they gain from attending college. Survey items on The College Student Report represent empirically confirmed "good practices" in undergraduate education. That is, they reflect behaviors by students and institutions that are associated with desired outcomes of college."
- The NSSE 2000 Report: National Benchmarks of Effective Educational Practice
Survey Reveals Different View of Collegiate Quality (November 13, 2000)
Improving the College Experience: Using Effective Educational Practices (pdf format) (November 11, 2001)
- 2001 NSSE Viewpoint
- Press release regarding the release of the 2001 report
Policy.com " .. is part of the VoxCap Properties. It is the Web's most comprehensive public policy resource and community. Drawing from its network of policy influentials, Policy.com showcases leading research, opinions and events shaping public policy on dozens of issues including education, technology and healthcare. Policy.com is non-partisan and free to users."
Policy.com- Community: Universities This page contains an extensive list of university related policy centers.
Preparing Future Faculty " ..is a national network of academic leaders reshaping graduate education to include preparation for the full range of faculty roles subsumed by the terms teaching, research, and service. Participants observe and experience how these responsibilities can be carried out at a wide range of academic institutions with varying missions and diverse student bodies."
Professional Affiliates in College Testing
Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education (POD) The Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education (POD) fosters human development in higher education through faculty, instructional, and organizational development.
PBS: Adult Learning Service Online "The PBS Adult Learning Service (ALS) provides programming and services that support adult education and distance learning ..."
Creating a Learning College "The “Creating a Learning College” Web site offers many opportunities and resources to help your institution become more learning-centered. Providing more than just talk about the revolution—we're going to use technology and help bring people together to discuss the issues."
The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education
"Established in 1997 to provide an integrated quality assurance service for UK higher education institutions, the Agency is an independent body funded by subscriptions from universities and colleges of higher education, and through contracts with the main funding bodies.
The Agency's core business is to review the quality and standards of higher education in universities and colleges. It does this by auditing institutional arrangements for managing quality and standards, including arrangements for collaboration with overseas partners; and by assessing the quality and standards of teaching and learning at subject level."
- Higher Quality 8 (January, 2001)
- Distance Learning Guidelines
Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE) "The Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education is an international association of individual teacher educators, and affiliated organizations of teacher educators in all disciplines, who are interested in the creation and dissemination of knowledge about the use of information technology in teacher education and faculty/staff development."
Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE) is an electronic publication of the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE), established as a multimedia, interactive counterpart of the Journal of Technology and Teacher Education.
Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education "The Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE) is a national association of academics interested in the improvement of teaching and learning in higher education. The Society sponsors an annual conference, a series of workshops, an electronic bulletin board and the 3M Teaching Fellowships. The Society also publishes a bi-annual newsletter, Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, as well as a membership directory and a number of other directories. Its members mainly comprise faculty and teaching and learning resource professionals from institutions of post-secondary education across Canada and beyond."
Southern Regional Education Board "The Southern Regional Education Board was founded in 1948 at the request of Southern leaders in business, education and government; it was the nation’s first compact for education. Over the years SREB has worked to improve every aspect of education — from early childhood education to doctoral degrees and beyond."
The Staff and Educational Development Association (SEDA) " is the professional association for staff and educational developers in the UK, promoting innovation and good practice in higher education ."
Community College Organizations
American Association of Community Colleges is the "primary advocacy organization for the nation's 1,100 two-year degree granting institutions."
Association of Community College Trustees "ACCT represents the officials who govern community, technical, and junior colleges in the United States and abroad. Governing board members from many other countries are also active in ACCT. ACCT offers trustee education, assists boards in public policy activities, and offers its members services such as CEO search services and retreat facilitation. "
Community College Web "This site contains a searchable index to the web sites for 1051 community colleges in the United States, Canada, and elsewhere around the world"
The Consortium for Community College Development
"The Consortium for Community College Development is committed to:
- conducting action research to identify critical issues affecting community colleges
- helping community colleges develop strategies, structures, and processes to prepare for a very different future
- providing comprehensive programs, services, and research to strengthen the capacity of community colleges to respond to change
- facilitating the sharing of ideas and expertise within and between community colleges"
ERIC Clearinghouse for Community Colleges "The Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) is a national information system designed to provide ready access to an extensive body of education-related literature. Established in 1966, ERIC is supported by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Educational Research and Improvement, and is administered by the National Library of Education (NLE). There are 16 subject-specific clearinghouses, in addition to associated adjunct clearinghouses, which provide a variety of services, including information searches, and produce research summaries and bibliographies."
The Institute for Community College Development at Cornell University "ICCD will provide educational and professional development opportunities for current and future administrators and faculty members of the community colleges and of their peer institutions in the United States and around the world. The Institute will support the analysis of educational, social, political, and economic issues of particular important and concern to community colleges and their peer institutions by conducting high quality and timely research and communicating the conclusions and policy implications of this research through consulting and outreach services."
Instructional Telecommunications Council (ITC) "An affiliated council of the American Association of Community Colleges established in 1977, ITC represents nearly 600 institutions in the United States and Canada, and is leader in advancing distance education. ITC is constantly working to raise awareness about the benefits of distance learning, instructional telecommunications, and future needs and possibilities. ITC tracks federal legislation that will affect distance learning, conducts annual professional development meetings, supports research, and provides a forum for members to share expertise and materials."
League for Innovation in the Community College "The League for Innovation in the Community College is a non-profit educational consortium of leading community colleges organized to stimulate innovation and experimentation in all areas of community college development. Founded in 1968 the League serves as a catalyst, project incubator, and experimental laboratory for community colleges throughout the United States and Canada."
LeagueTLC - "Dedicated to Connecting Community Colleges with Innovative Solutions Through Online Services"
Maryland Association of Community Colleges "The specific purposes of MACC are: (1) to represent member colleges when taking collective action; (2) to facilitate the exchange of ideas and information among member colleges; (3) to inform and maintain effective working relationships with boards, offices, departments, agencies, groups, individuals and associations which may have an impact on community college affairs in Maryland; (4) to provide services to member colleges; and (5) to advocate the benefits of community colleges for Maryland citizens."
National Council for Staff, Program and Organizational Development. "We are an affiliate council of the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC)."
NCSPOD Network Newsletter Online - January 2001 (PDF format) Page 13 has some kind words for the CALT site.
Sailor: Maryland Education Resource: Two Year Colleges This has URLs for all two year colleges in Maryland.
Higher Education and Technology
America's 100 Most Wired Colleges (Yahoo Internet Life, May, 1999)
Apple - Higher Education - Apple University Arts
Java Applets "For the more than 10,000 biology majors in the vast California State University (CSU) system, at least some part of their academic career will take place in the laboratory. But lab resources are scarce and expensive. It's become a substantial challenge for universities to turn lab time into the kind of open-ended investigative and experimental environment that offers the best experience for hands-on scientific learning. CSU is beginning to address that challenge with Biology Labs On-Line, a pioneering approach to instructional software development that embraces Java and the Internet."
Teaching Transformed "Today, a variety of digital media, or “multimedia,” enabled by technologies such as QuickTime is helping educators effectively engage and teach students. On campuses such as Brigham Young University, educators find that multimedia easily conveys complex ideas, encourages collaboration and interactivity while providing broader access to resources that enrich learning, and enables the delivery of media-
enhanced curriculum on campus and around the world." Benton Foundation "The Benton Foundation works to realize the social benefits made possible by the public interest use of communications. Bridging the worlds of philanthropy, public policy, and community action, Benton seeks to shape the emerging communications environment and to demonstrate the value of communications for solving social problems."
The Campus Computing Project "Begun in 1990, the Campus Computing Project focuses on the use of information technology in higher education. The project's national studies draw on qualitative and quantitative data to help inform faculty, campus administrators, and others interested in the use of information technology in American colleges and universities."
The 2000 National Survey of Information Technology in Higher Education - Struggling with IT Staffing
The 1999 National Survey of Information Technology in Higher Education - The Continuing Challenge of
Instructional Integration and User Support
The 1998 National Survey of Information Technology in Higher Education Computing Project This is a summary of the 1998 report.
The Campus Computing Project -The National Survey of Information Technology
- Campus Computing - The 1997 National Survey of Information Technology in Higher Education.
"Electronic mail, the Internet, the World Wide Web (WWW), and multimedia are increasingly common components of the instructional experience for growing numbers of American college students, according to the 1997 Campus Computing Survey, a national study of the use of information technology in higher education. Additionally, growing numbers of campuses now have some sort of computer competency or computer instruction requirement for all their undergraduates. "
Center for Academic Transformation "The mission of the Center for Academic Transformation is to serve as a source of expertise and support for those in higher education who wish to take advantage of the capabilities of information technology to transform their academic practices."
CEO Forum on Education and Technology "The CEO Forum on Education and Technology was founded in the fall of 1996 to help ensure that America's schools effectively prepare all students to be contributing citizens and productive workers in the 21st Century. To meet this objective, the Forum will issue an annual assessment of the nation's progress toward integrating technology into American classrooms through the year 2000."
COLLEGIS Research Institute "The Institute's research agenda is guided by its Board of Directors. The guiding principle is that online communication tools and online learning resources in the hands of good instructors and interested students can be used both to create affordable and effective learning environments beyond the boundaries of the traditional classroom and also to add value to the traditional classroom learning experience."
Learning Technology This page provides links to articles on the promise and problems of learning technologies.
Computing Research Association (CRA)
"The preponderance of evidence suggests that there is a shortage of IT workers, or at least a tight labor market. None of this evidence has the certainty of a direct count of supply and demand, and without this kind of direct count it is impossible to distinguish an actual shortage from a mere tightness in the labor market. Moreover, there are credible reasons for questioning the evidentiary value of virtually any piece of evidence that is available."
CRITO : CENTER FOR RESEARCH ON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND ORGANIZATIONS "The Center for Research on Information Technology and Organizations (CRITO) * is concerned with information technology (IT) as it generates major transformations in organizations, society and the world."
Current Issues for Higher Education Information Resources Management (1999) "The EDUCAUSE Current Issues Committee is responsible for proposing a list of current or developing issues and trends that are important to the future of information resources management and use in higher education. The following topics have been identified by the committee as key emerging or ongoing issues. We encourage articles for CAUSE/EFFECT on these topics."
"Current estimates indicate that over a million students are taking distance learning courses via the Internet and other similar technologies. Investors Business Daily forecasts there will be a compound annual growth rate of 95 percent for this type of online training and education. "
EDUCAUSE On July 1, 1998 Educom and CAUSE combined to form EDUCAUSE. "The mission of EDUCAUSE is to help shape and enable transformational change in higher education through the introduction, use, and management of information resources and technologies in teaching, learning, scholarship, research, and institutional management."
Educom "Educom is a nonprofit consortium of higher education institutions that facilitates the introduction, use, and access to and management of information resources in teaching, learning, scholarship, and research. Educom believes that education and information technology (IT) will provide the most significant enhancements for human capability over the coming decade and that IT will have a fundamental impact upon education's ability to fulfill its mission"
NLII - National Learning Infrastructure Initiative "Launched in November 1994, the National Learning Infrastructure Initiative is a membership coalition of institutions and organizations sponsored by Educom. Its mission is to create new collegiate learning environments that harness the power of information technology to improve the quality of teaching and learning, contain or reduce rising costs, and provide greater access to American higher education. Educom's role is to serve as a catalyst to bring together the affected parties to create joint solutions to the problems inhibiting the creation of a National Learning Infrastructure."
- Education Must 'Transform' Itself or Become Irrelevant, Educause Official Says (The Chronicle 1/17/01)
CAUSE "CAUSE's mission is to be an indispensable partner in enabling the transformational changes occurring in higher education through the effective management and use of information resources -- technology, services, and information."
CAUSE Current Issues - Policies and Practices CAUSE has established this Web page, to link to resources that can help colleges and universities understand what policies and practices are being put in place at peer institutions.
EDUCAUSE - Online Guide to Evaluating Information Technology on Campus "Information technologies are pervasive and are being woven throughout the fabric of our daily lives. Basic skills with computers, networks, and electronic information resources are expected in virtually all academic disciplines. For this reason, selecting a college or university that provides access to current equipment and the Internet is essential. "
Educause '99 - Celebrating New Beginnings: Proceedings and Post-Conference Materials
Net@EDU "The ongoing, dramatic developments in the technical, business, legal and regulatory environments of telecommunications present great opportunities for higher education, but challenge all concerned with planning and implementation. How can we best take advantage of new technologies, increased competition, broader collaborations, and the coming convergence of voice, video and data? Net@EDU members work together to understand, forecast and shape these developments to best support the evolving needs of higher education."
Educator's Website for Information Technology (EWIT) "The purpose of this website is to assist academic and technical communities to form a seamless system that helps:
-all students develop IT skills for learning
-all learners develop core IT skills needed for working in the non-IT jobs
-students develop the IT skills in jobs and careers of their choice in the IT industry "
IEEE Computer Society Learning Technology Task Force (LTTF)
IMS Global Learning Consortium, Inc. . "IMS Global Learning Consortium, Inc. (IMS) is developing and promoting open specifications for facilitating online distributed learning activities such as locating and using educational content, tracking learner progress, reporting learner performance, and exchanging student records between administrative systems."
Information Technology Training Association (ITTA) "ITTA, Information Technology Training Association, is the trade association for professionals and companies involved in the IT Training Industry. In 1994, ITTA was formed from the merger of ICTA (International Computer Training Association) and ATEC (Association of Technical Education Centers). Since that time, ITTA has taken an active leadership role in legislative efforts, professional development and business management conferences, and setting industry standards."
Institute For Women And Technology "A fundamental tenet of the Institute's philosophy is that increasing the participation of women in technology and increasing the positive impact of technology on women are two sides of the same coin. The Institute for Women and Technology will work to make this vision a reality by creating opportunities for women to bring their needs to the table and to participate fully in the definition and creation of new technologies. By our example and our outreach programs, we work with communities, industry, academia, and governments to catalyze a network of development projects that meet women's needs and advance women's participation in the technical world."
International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)
ISTE Develops Technology Standards for Teacher Preparation (6/26/00) "The National Educational Technology Standards (NETS )for Teachers document was created to provide teacher preparation institutions with standards and essential conditions necessary for establishing enriched learning environments supported by technology. Examples in the book demonstrate the interconnections between content to be learned during four stages in the teacher preparation process."
Java in Administration Special Interest Group (JA-SIG) "The Java in Administration Special Interest Group (JA-SIG) is an independent organization designed to increase the flow of information between educational institutions and companies involved in the development of administrative applications using Java technology."
Maricopa Community College Tech Plans "These are the links to technology plans developed by Ocotillo roundtables at each of the Maricopa Community Colleges. "
Community College Page "An important aspect of the "paradigm shift" underway in the nation’s community colleges is that of the student as the focus of learning. No longer confined to the traditional time-bound classroom model at the convenience of the institution and the instructor, the learner-focused college offers learning anytime/anywhere at the convenience of the student."
Microsoft Faculty Center "Welcome to the Microsoft Faculty Center's resource collection. We have collected links to some of the more commonly requested resources from Microsoft and eCollege.com. Please take a look around."
The Node Learning Technologies Network "The Node Learning Technologies Network is a not-for-profit organization which promotes effective uses of Internet-based technologies in education and training. We forge links between the capabilities of new technology tools and good pedagogical practice. Our publications, workshops, research and consulting services, online resources and electronic forums support informed decision-making by individuals and organizations in the postsecondary and k-12 education sectors and in industry. The Node understands present and emerging Internet applications for education and training, and the importance of strategic planning to realize their potential within organizational goals."
Syllabus Web - "useful information on technology used to enhance education"
TechSoup - the technology place for non-profits
Web-Based Education Commission "The Commission will recommend to the President and Congress policies to assist education leaders at all levels to incorporate Web-based learning strategies to improve education and achievement. The Commission will conduct a thorough study of the critical pedagogical and policy issues affecting the development and use of Web-based content and learning strategies to improve achievement at the K-12 and post-secondary levels. The Commission will review the need for changes in applicable regulatory authority and quality assurance processes including standards and accreditation. It will also review programs to support equality in both the availability of training and access to the Web that are required to promote individualized learning."
Western Cooperative for Educational Telecommunications "The Western Cooperative for Educational Telecommunications, founded by the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education in 1989, is a membership-supported organization open to providers and users of educational telecommunications. Members represent the higher education community, nonprofit organizations, schools, and corporations. Its members span the globe, but most are in the U.S. Collectively, they represent the most innovative thinkers in distance learning today."
Regional Accrediting Agency Documents on Electronically Offered Degree and Certificate Programs (March, 2001)
World Association for Online Education " ...is an international professional organization concerned with online pedagogy, registered as a nonprofit public benefit corporation (NPO) in the California state capital. WAOE offers membership services relevant to educators concerned with teaching online, public services for international society, and collaboration with other educational organizations functioning in cyberspace."
Internet 2
University Corporation for Advanced Internet Development "The University Corporation for Advanced Internet Development (UCAID) is a non-profit consortium, led by university members working in partnership with corporate and affiliate members, to provide leadership and direction for advanced networking development.
Internet 2 "Internet2 is a consortium being led by over 180 universities working in partnership with industry and government to develop and deploy advanced network applications and technologies, accelerating the creation of tomorrow's Internet. Internet2 is recreating the partnership among academia, industry and government that fostered today´s Internet in its infancy. The primary goals of Internet2 are to:
-Create a leading edge network capability for the national research community-Enable revolutionary Internet applications
-Ensure the rapid transfer of new network services and applications to the broader Internet community."
Internet2 Project Will Broaden Access for Community Colleges and Schools (the Chronicle 3/2/01)
"Anna Solley, the vice chancellor for academic affairs and student development at the Maricopa Community College District, in Phoenix, said she was intrigued by the possibility of having access to things like the databases of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, as well as to digital-video applications that could be useful in teacher-education courses."
Commentary
Author Says Colleges Must Reallocate Money to Academic Technology (The Chronicle 2/27/01) "Reducing costs is the hardest part, at least initially. It's like retooling an industry. You have to do things differently, and there are high costs in doing that. The second reason is the amount of time that faculty have to spend learning how to use the new technology. It has to be done, but it means that people aren't doing other things like research and standing in front of a class teaching."
American Association of University Professors is "the only national organization committed solely to college and university faculty members. Founded in 1915, AAUP defends academic freedom and tenure, advocates collegial governance, and develops policies ensuring due process."
- AAUP Committee Objects to Accreditation of Online University
- AAUP Draft Statement on Distance Education
- AAUP Draft Statement on Copyright
- AAUP Special Committee on Distance Education & Intellectual Property Issues
- AAUP Suggestions and Guidelines for Institutional Policies and Contract Language on Ownership of Intellectual Property
- AAUP Suggestions and Guidelines for Institutional Policies and Contract Language on Distance Education
- AAUP - Part-time and Non-Tenure Track Faculty
AFT: Higher Education: Index Page "Welcome to the higher education page of AFT’s website. AFT represents over 100,000 faculty and professional staff at two and four year colleges around the country, more than any other national faculty organization. Most of our affiliates are at public institutions. Within this page you can get information about the work we’re doing to help our affiliates in areas such astenure, technology, the composition of the faculty workforce, contractual and organizing issues, funding--almost every type of contractual , legislative and political issue imaginable. There is a special section ona new AFT campaign for higher education called First Principles. You will also find out how to contact staffmembers by letter, phone, fax and e-mail. We hope this information is of help and we welcome your
comments. "
Teachers Union Opposes Undergraduate Degrees Earned Wholly at a Distance (The Chronicle, 7/7/00) "The American Federation of Teachers passed a resolution Thursday that opposes undergraduate degrees that are earned entirely online. The union also called for faculty members to maintain control of Web-based courses."
Association of Faculties for the Advancement of Community College Teaching "AFACCT is an association of and for Maryland Community College faculty"
Faculty Association of California Community Colleges (FACCC) "FACCC advocates exclusively for community college faculty. FACCC analyzes issues that impact community colleges, develops policy and sponsors bills, and lobbies the governor, the chancellor, the legislature, and other state and federal agencies. FACCC communicates issues and resolutions and works in concert with other organizations to ensure a leading role for community college faculty in education policy."
NEA: Higher Education Home Page The National Education Association (NEA) is "America's oldest and largest organization committed to advancing the cause of public education".
- Confronting the Future of Distance Learning - Placing Quality In Reach (6/14/00) "The National Education Association (NEA) released today the first-of-its-kind poll of distance learning faculty. The poll taps the perceptions of 400 plus instructors who teach distance learning courses, identifying the strengths and weaknesses of distance teaching and learning."
- "Focus on Distance Education" March 2001 (PDF file)
National Organization of Two Year College Faculty "We are THE professional organization for full-time, part-time and retired faculty in all disciplines who teach (or taught) in community, technical, junior colleges or institutes. Like most other professional organizations, we at NOTYCF, will provide our membership with a quarterly journal, an annual conference for all members, additional conferences (specifically designed for new faculty), this interactive web site (which will grow so be sure to come back tomorrow!!), current two year college / higher education happenings nationally, and avenues in which to share with colleagues across the nation. NOTYCF is by, about and for two year college faculty. Additionally, for part time faculty (or any other member) we anticipate being able to provide group rates for insurance, particularly health. With our retired faculty members we will explore means of establishing a mentor program for other faculty. We are striving to be the best voice for two year college faculty. This means the other programs and services we provide will be up to you!! "
POD Network "The Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education (POD) fosters human development in higher education through faculty, instructional, and organizational development.
POD believes that people have value, as individuals and as members of groups. The development of students is a fundamental purpose of higher education and requires for its success effective advising, teaching, leadership, and management. Central to POD's philosophy is lifelong, holistic, personal, and professional learning, growth, and change for the higher education community.
The three purposes of POD are:
- To provide support and services for its members through publications, conferecnes, consulting, and networking;
- To offer services and resources to others interested in faculty development; and
- To fulfill an advocacy role, nationally, seeking to inform and persuade educational leaders of the value of faculty, instructional, and organizational development in institutions of higher education. "
Distance Learning in Higher Education (PDF format) by Gary A. Berg, WebNet Journal, Oct-Dec, 2000.
"These distance learning economic models show that, perhaps, the largest changes in administrative practices in higher education, as a result of distance learning, will come in altered compensation and duties for faculty. Faculty rates of compensation and duties may be affected by either substituting labor with capital, or by substituting faculty with less expensive labor performing current faculty tasks."
Who Is Teaching In U.S. College Classrooms? -A Collaborative Study of Undergraduate Faculty, Fall 1999
"Full-time faculty are being replaced by lower paid part-time teachers attractive to higher education administrators, who are under pressure to keep costs down. In addition to receiving few if any benefits, most of these faculty members receive less than $3,000 per course (Table 4). Nearly one third of them earn $2,000, or less per course. In fields like English and history nearly half of the part-timers are in this category. At this rate of pay, part-time teachers—almost all of whom have the masters degree and many of whom have the PhD—would have to teach five courses to earn between $12,000 to $15,000 a year. They could earn comparable salaries as fast food workers, baggage porters, or theater lobby attendants. "One does not need PhD in mathematics to calculate how many classes such a historian would have to teach to earn a decent living, or to realize that it is impossible for most adjuncts to function as research scholars or keep up with historical literature under these conditions," observed to Eric Foner, President of the American Historical Association and Professor of History at Columbia University."
Accepted.com "Welcome to Accepted.com, the premier admissions consulting and application essay editing service. Our purpose? Helping you gain acceptance to a top school and land a great job. How? With exceptional advising and editing services ...."
Access America for Students "The goal of this site, students.gov, is to provide a suite of online government services and information to meet the specific needs and interests of the student community. This idea stems from Vice President Al Gore's Access America report (1997), which advocates using the latest information technology to deliver government service improvements that will affect all Americans, while dramatically reducing costs, paperwork and waiting. Specific electronic services will be bundled to serve specific customer groups. Students were chosen as the the first customer group."
Back to College Resources for Re-entry Students "Back to College is an all-in-one resource for the returning student. Here you will find scholarships, grants, & fellowships; searchable indices for curriculum and internships; indexes/abstracts, & bibliographies with document delivery; dissertations; online journals; special libraries, and more."
CollegeNET - Online College Applications and Free Financial Aid Search "Launched in 1995, CollegeNET is the #1 portal for applying to college over the web. Not a diskette, CD, or download system, CollegeNET lets applicants complete, file, and pay for their admissions applications entirely through the internet. Over 250 colleges and universities including Virginia Tech, Ohio State, and Stanford Graduate School have contracted with us to serve their official web-based admissions applications. While these applications are also directly accessible from university homepages, they are presented here for your convenient access and use."
College Search, Financial Aid, and Scholarship Search: CollegeView Online "The CollegeView® Web site was launched in the Fall of 1995 and since that time has experienced phenomenal growth, becoming the de facto starting point for students and parents on the Web. The CollegeView site offers the most extensive multimedia virtual tours of colleges and universities on the World Wide Web. It also features the most extensive college information database on the World Wide Web. These rich features have placed us at the forefront of college admissions technology on the Web."
eCollegebid.org "eCollegebid is a brokering agent between colleges and students looking for affordable colleges where mutual academic and lifestyle expectations match."
Embark.com Home Page: College, Scholarships, Careers, Majors and more "Embark.com-formerly CollegeEdge- is the #1 interactive guide that connects people to their ideal opportunities so they can achieve their educational and career goals. Embark.com improves the way people explore and apply to school; the way universities recruit and enroll students; and the way guidance counselors help students plan for their education and careers."
FinAid! The SmartStudent Guide to Financial Aid "FinAid was established in the fall of 1994 as a public service. This award-winning site has grown into the most comprehensive annotated collection of information about student financial aid on the web."
IPEDS College Opportunities On-Line is your direct link to over 9,000 colleges and universities in the United States. If you are thinking about a large university, a small liberal arts college, a specialized college, a community college, a career or technical college or a trade school, you can find them all here.
Maryland Higher Education Commission
Sallie Mae: Student Loan Marketing Association (SLMA)
Student Advantage "Founded in 1992, Student Advantage, Inc. (Nasdaq: STAD) is the leading offline and online portal to the higher education community. Student Advantage, Inc. reaches their constituents through its Student Services, University Services and Business Services groups. The overall mission of Student Advantage is to help students save money, work smarter, and make more informed life decisions."
College and University Home Pages contains over 3000 home pages for universities and colleges all over the world.
American Universities "As home pages are found for American Universities granting bachelor or advanced degrees, they are added here, one page per university"
CampusTours: Virtual College Tours! "CampusTours is the definitive online source for virtual college tours, interactive maps, college webcams, QuickTime VR tours, campus movies and pictures. Every day thousands of prospective students visit CampusTours to take virtual excursions of colleges across the United States."
Critical Comparisons of American Colleges and Universities "draws on the U.S. Department of Education's exhaustive IPEDS dataset to provide prospective college students, alumni and administrators with an unprecedented view of the cost and value of nearly every institution of higher education in America."
Peterson's "Petersons.com brings together, at one central address, consistently organized information about educational opportunities at all levels, and gives individuals the ability to search Peterson's databases as well as to request more information, apply, and interact in other ways with faculty and administrators at educational institutions. Every private school, camp, college, university, and employer has its own Site in Petersons.com, which permits each to develop a full array of information and communication tools."
Internet Resources for Institutional Research is an award wining site with links to sites useful for institutional research.
Plan Ahead: Online magazine of the The Society for College and University Planning "The Society for College and University Planning (SCUP), established in 1965, is the only association focused on the promotion, advancement, and application of effective planning in higher education."
April 7, 1999 - Virtual Universities and Educational Opportunities "A new report issued today by The College Board examines the emerging tension between a surging online learning industry and an abiding concern in America for equity of educational access. The Virtual University & Educational Opportunity – Issues of Equity and Access for the Next Generation, co-authored by Lawrence Gladieux and Scott Swail, concludes that new information technologies may deepen the divide between educational haves and have-nots. According to the report, the marketplace alone will not fix the problem; policy makers must work to ensure a level playing field."